The Constitution

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Across
  1. 2. the Legislative branch can do this to judges or the president to remove them from office
  2. 4. the judicial branch can declare laws and actions ____ as their check on the other branches
  3. 6. this branch interprets the laws of our country
  4. 7. posterity is a fancy word for ___
  5. 9. this branch enforces the laws of our country
  6. 11. the sharing of power between the national and state governments
  7. 14. the president can ____ bills that come from Congress to check their power
  8. 17. states are in charge of ___ and divorce laws
  9. 18. this is the introduction to the constitution
  10. 19. the US government is split into three ____
  11. 21. this is the most powerful nine people of the judicial branch
  12. 25. this branch makes the laws of our country
  13. 28. limited government says the government has to follow strictly defined ___
  14. 29. how many “articles” (sections) are in the Constitution
  15. 30. One of the two houses of the legislative branch, the house of ___
Down
  1. 1. the president _____ judges to the Supreme Court when there is a vacancy
  2. 3. popular sovereignty is the ___ of the people
  3. 5. in order to raise money both the federal and state governments have the power to ___
  4. 6. both the federal and state governments have criminal ___ systems in case people commit crimes
  5. 8. only the federal government can ___ ___ and send our troops to fight
  6. 10. This house of the legislative branch has two members per state
  7. 12. the executive branch enforces or ___ ___ the laws
  8. 13. the legislative branch can do this to a veto by 2/3s of its members voting to approve the law
  9. 15. tranquility is a fancy word for ___
  10. 16. Members of Congress (the legislative branch) write legislation. Legislation is a fancy word for ___
  11. 20. the type of democracy in American government
  12. 22. the number of representatives in the House of Representatives is based on a state’s ___
  13. 23. who is at the head of the executive branch
  14. 24. this group makes the laws. It is made up of senators and representatives.
  15. 26. this future president is considered the “father of the constitution”
  16. 27. liberty is a fancy word for ___